Fell running

have days that they feel unable to wake up and run. Even though running is often not what they want to do at 5:30 in the morning, they wake up because by running a few miles a week, they are able to work up to the goals they set and the incentives that are set across the board. Due to the ever increasing amount of homeless Americans, Back on My Feet works to lower the rate of homelessness using running. Many people would not pair running and philanthropy…

was welcomed with open arms by strangers, who all we had in common was the possible interest in running. My struggle was their struggle and as team, we were in it together. A unique bond of friendship formed during those long runs; it was a unity formed by the sharing of hardships and the words of encouragement. As those early morning summer practices came and went, I found an unexpected joy in running. No longer did I feel out of place, for I found my sport, my friends, and my home. Not only…

heard lots of whispers coming from the porch I thought it was someone trying to rob me. I grabbed my shotgun and ran out the door and fired a warning shot and I think I scared the pants off the people because they bolted out of my yard and just kept running. I tried to see who it was but it was to dark to see them I was sure everyone in the neighborhood was inspecting a reason on why I shot my gun off so I went inside set my gun by the door to the porch incase the robbers came back again. When I…

eighteen and under age group for my first half marathon. It’s still one of my favorite moments. As I reminisce, the faces of many of the runners that I trained appear in my mind. I think of how happy they were when they realized their passion for running. I feel pride in knowing that I helped them reach their goals. As I continue to knock out sub six minute miles I smile in my moment of nostalgia. A slight pain begins in my knees, its nothing major though, simply another passing discomfort in…

Athletics are an amazing way to go to show people an athlete can do, but these events can also have major setbacks. My seventh grade year, it was track season for the middle school. I was running in the 1600 meter relay, and little did I know that this would be the last time I would run the same for a long time. Coming around to the last stretch in the race, our team was in first and I was almost done with the race. It happened in the blink of an eye, my legs had collapsed underneath me. I felt…

Cross country is a worldwide sport that has been around since the early nineteenth century. Many people believe that cross country races simple because unlike other sports, running is something that everyone has the ability to do. The truth to running is actually more mental than it is physical and many people don’t understand that until they are in a race themselves. Here are some steps on how to mentally and physically run a successful cross country race. The first step is to mentally prepare…

a hurry. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. “Trying to not get myself killed here,” in a rush telling myself. It was like a life and death situation. I saw in front of me a huge gap. For I second I thought it was the end for me, but I kept running. There it was only a few feet away and there was a platform on the other side. I knew there was only one way out of this….. 4 Hours Earlier Today “Dude how was detention last week?” as the kid behind me asked. “The usual just…

stretches and after that everybody goes to their field events. If they don't have any they go sit in our area and the people that do go warm up and get there steps or whatever. I was long jumper and I went and warmed up. I got my steps, and after I had running events to do. Then when that’s done we go home and we go back to practice. So we are halfway or a little half way done and my back starts hurting. I just played through the pain for four or five weeks, and then I went to the doctor and he…

and finally answered. “ Yes I would like some chocolate.” She got distracted from eating the chocolate so than Teddy got a chance to run away. Since that day Brandie has been training by running, eating healthier, and start making gadgets. “Why don’t I make a gadget that shoots out…

Everyone has experienced some sort of atrocious pain in their lives. At one point in my life I did not believe I will ever walk again. A troubling life changing event occurred when I was just fourteen years old. Every evil thought was occurring in my head all at once. “You won’t walk anymore”, “You won’t heal”, “Time can’t change this”, all thoughts that were going through my mind while being in a wheelchair. Then the thought comes “Why were you in a wheelchair” The tragedy that force me into a…